£350-ish to spend

[.:Blindfaith:.]

Im looking at the ATI Cards...

Somebody spec me a decent card and recommend a power sup wattage

current spec:

Win7 64bit

i7 @ 2.80Ghz

6Gb Ram DDR3

Ati HD 5570 1024mb


Thanks

 

[Scon]

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For a GTX 580 you'd need a 550w-600w psu from a good make.

 

[Predicament]

i'd go for 2x 6950's (flashed to 6970's). They'll bang up a 580.

Nearly double fps on crysis. etc.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/298?vs=305

Also, there idle power consumption is even lower

 

[Things change I've changed]

Do you mean £350 for GPU & PSU or just GPU?

 

[Ezyryder]

What resolution do you play at?

 

[kylew]

i'd go for 2x 6950's (flashed to 6970's). They'll bang up a 580.

Nearly double fps on crysis. etc.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/298?vs=305

Also, there idle power consumption is even lower

While being more than £350, this is the best option in that price region by far.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The OP might be running a socket 1156 Core i7 meaning that their motherboard might not be able to do symmetrical Crossfire.

I would also suggest looking at a pair of HD6870 1GB cards too as this will cost around £350.

 

[.:Blindfaith:.]

£350 both card and gpu but i can stretch a little more

unsure on the mobo was a "world" jobby

 

[el Kuarlos]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-248-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Card can run as a 6970 pretty much and there is all the power you need really. PSU might seem a bit pricey but its a good one.

 

[straxusii]

I'd go 580, you won't get the same average framerates as 6950CF but you'll get less problems.

 

[Stanners]

I would get one 6950 and unlock the shaders along with a nice beefy PSU, with the option of adding a second 6950 further up the line.

 

[kylew]

580s aren't worth their price.

 

[straxusii]

580s aren't worth their price.

I agree, nor are 6950s

But if you have £350 and want the best I'd go for it.

 

[GJ02]

I'd go 580, you won't get the same average framerates as 6950CF but you'll get less problems.

no problems what so ever with my xfire setup
i would go AMD xfire it ****** all over a 580

 

[kylew]

I agree, nor are 6950s

But if you have £350 and want the best I'd go for it.

6950s are probably the best value cards you can currently get.

 

[.:Blindfaith:.]

Thanks all

Thanks for your opinions guys

Shame it turned into and ati Nvida battle

After some YouTube Reviews and a bit of Google
And ofcourse your help allso

I Decided to **** it and chose...

XFX 6970

and

Corsair Modular 750

I do agree that best bang for buck would have been the 6850 models
but then im only going to Oc it to a 6970 after all.

now i can Oc the 6970 and be happy (if at all)

Perhaps this is flawed logic

But im not going to have the cash to splash again any time soon

Thanks again

.:Blidfaith:.

 

[straxusii]

6950s are probably the best value cards you can currently get.

I'm fine with a single 6950, it's the crossfire I don't think is great VFM

 

[el Kuarlos]

PSU is overkill, but will future proof if you decide to add a second, and yes, that logic is up the pole!

6950 for 210 with a three year warranty- if you werent overclocking fairplay but you say you are- I'd reconsider as in your reasoning you just made the perfect case for bagging a 6950!

 

[TheRealDeal]

Sounds to me like he just wants the peice of mind which having a true 6970 will give him without all the flashing and clocking. Some people like to do this even though the 6950 is still the way i would have went. He won't have any complaints with what he got for his money though as 6970 + corsair 750 are nice parts.

 

[el Kuarlos]

Thats fair enough, but 6950 with a shader unlocked bios and afterburner is fine, no sense paying 60 quid for false comfort